Older single women in well-paid occupations who choose parenthood
A)often lack emotional and parenting support.
B)often experience a stressful transition to parenthood.
C)have a hard time coping effectively with parenting challenges.
D)may encounter fewer parenting difficulties than married couples.
Maddy spends most of her time with a particular set of girlfriends. Within this group,
there are specific standards of behavior, a specialized dress code, and identified leaders.
Maddy is most likely
A)a controversial child.
B)a popular-prosocial child.
C)part of a peer group.
D)part of a social clique.
Jessica believes that development takes place in stages where children change rapidly as
they step up to a new level and then change very little for a while. Jessica views
development as
A)discontinuous.
B)determined by nature.
C)continuous.
D)determined by nurture.
Six-year-old Aliou lives in a Baka village where each day he fetches water and minds his
younger siblings. According to Erikson, Aliou will most likely develop a sense of
A)inferiority.
B)initiative.
C)autonomy.
D)industry.
An improved ability to reason about social relationships leads teenagers to
A)deidealize their parents.
B)solve problems less efficiently.
C)experience gender intensification.
D)rely more on parental support.
Which of the following 3-year-olds is most likely to share a bedroom with a sibling?
A)Dante, who is African American
B)Ruby, who is Hispanic
C)Jacob, who is Caucasian
D)Jing, who is Asian American
Brad’s parents provide him with information on sex and contraception and convey their
values. As a result, Brad is likely to
A)take sexual risks.
B)engage in sex at a young age.
C)adopt his parents’ views.
D)avoid casual dating.
Haeata lives in a tribal society and just experienced menarche. Which of the following is
probably true?
A)Haeata will feel ashamed and will not tell anyone about the onset of puberty.
B)Haeata will still be regarded as a child by her parents and family.
C)The tribe will celebrate the onset of puberty with an initiation ceremony.
D)Haeata will experience no change in social status.
When studying for a test, Peter remembers the unrelated words cellular and canine by
generating the following mental image, “The canine is talking on a cellular phone.” Which
memory strategy is Peter using?
A)rehearsal
B)organization
C)elaboration
D)chunking
Toddlers seem to discount information on video as relevant to their everyday experiences
because
A)the people onscreen do not look at and converse with them directly.
B)they have little experience with digital media.
C)they are easily overstimulated by the fast-paced content.
D)the people onscreen are usually unfamiliar to them.
By age 3½, __________ questions make up about half of children’s questions.
A)object-naming
B)non-information-seeking
C)”building”
D)rhetorical
Alan’s elementary school has been labeled a “failing” school according to No Child Left
Behind standards. Alan’s parents will probably
A)have the option of transferring him to a higher-performing school.
B)be asked to provide additional tutoring for Alan, at their own expense.
C)hear that his school has received additional federal funding to improve student
achievement.
D)learn that his teachers have received financial bonuses.
Which of the following factors is a reason for the superior academic performance of
Finnish as compared to American children?
A)All Finnish students receive the same nationally mandated, high-quality instruction.
B)Finnish parents regard native ability as the key to academic success.
C)Finland has a national testing system used to ability-group students.
D)Finnish teachers focus more on the fundamentals of education.
In developing countries, widespread __________, resulting from unsafe water and
contaminated foods, leads to growth stunting and an estimated one million childhood
deaths each year.
A)diarrhea
B)scurvy
C)rubella
D)tuberculosis
If you asked 4-year-old Keisha to describe herself, which of the following is she most
likely to say?
A)”I am friendly.”
B)”I am smart.”
C)”I am helpful.”
D)”I do not like bugs.”